Did you know that the total employment in the United States has dropped between June 2000 and August 2009. This means that even though the population in the United States has grown, we have fewer jobs today than we had in 2000. So, according to Dr. Donald Schunk, the Research Economist at the BB&T Center for Economic and Community Development at Coastal Carolina University, the continuing recovery is very likely to be felt as a "jobless recovery." For non-profit organizations and others in South Carolina this slow recovery could feel like no recovery.
The next part of the meeting was a panel discussion of selected non-profit organizations discussing what they have tried to do to withstand the ravages of the current economy. This session shared some of those things we like to call "best practices" among organizations.
A key idea for me from this panel discussion was the overall agreement among the panelists that keeping their stakeholders at every level informed of what was happening and what was being considered, was one of the most useful strategies. As a communicator, I see most crisis situations as needing some form of strategic communication and the panelists put an exclamation point on my belief. John Singerling, chief operating officer of Palmetto Health Richland, told the audience that he was about to start a speaking tour that will have him in meetings with all of the thousands of employees in his organization. He stressed the need for total transparency in these times and he noted that these face-to-face meetings helped ensure the necessary transparency. Also on this panel were Mac Bennett, CEO of the United Way of the Midlands, Dr. Elizabeth Flemming, president of Converse College and Ken Trogdon, CEO of Welvista.
SCANPO President Mason Hardy and his staff did a good job of putting together a strong, relevant Executive Round Table.
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